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President commutes sentences of 61 prisoners

Mar 30, 2016 at 02:05 pm by admin

Prisoners from around the US had their sentences reduced by President Obama today. The great majority were nonviolent drug offenses. One third had life sentences. Two prisoner.... Read More

Inside Kentucky's Unregulated, Private Probation Industry

Jan 24, 2016 at 06:36 pm by admin

ELIZABETHTOWN -- Getting busted with a small amount of fake marijuana led to a more expensive lesson in criminal justice than Timothy Lee Cook could have imagined. Cook, 54,.... Read More

Hickman County Fiscal Court votes to close Hickman County Detention Center

Aug 12, 2015 at 01:05 pm by admin

Prisoners moved after Fiscal Court meeting (Clinton, KY August 12, 2015) - In an early morning meeting, the Hickman County Fiscal Court voted to close the troubled Hickman Cou.... Read More

House Bill 463 - crafted to save KY millions

Apr 16, 2014 at 03:55 pm by admin

House Bill 463 is in a word, HUGE. Huge in length at 155 pages and huge in its effect on crime and punishment in Kentucky. A product of a task force made up of all three branc.... Read More

Gov. Beshear to close state prison in Frankfort , convert facility to state police training academy

May 09, 2011 at 03:47 pm by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 9, 2011) – Governor Steve Beshear today announced that a now unneeded state prison facility in Franklin County will close by the end of the current f.... Read More